Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-15

Syne," but as wisdom prevails in the
G unset of the farmers, that area grows
small and beautifully less. 1t will be
but few moro years until all grain
growers hereabouts will cease to be
crookers, they will one and all acquire
the wisdom of courage, and so on with
their work even if there is not an imme'
date prospect of deluge. Last De-
cember, when the granger referred to
above was hard at work, Others OF that
guild laughed at him for his temerity.
Hearing Of their views he remarked:
'sThere is saying about those who
laugh last. Wait until next harvest, and
l may be in position so to smile, and
in way that may be heard"
THE FUTURE.
Under the new regime of progress, the
programme will embrace mora summer
fallowed land, and less and less "yolun-
teer," until that lazy mans method shall
"Pass in music out Of sight"
Then there will be no hesitancy about
turning the stubble under the plow all
through the fall, rain or no rain, but
there will be less seeding under the
plow. In order to avoid the hiatus OF
cold dry weather, which often prevails
between the early rains and those OF the
spring, the grain will be narrowed in
after a copious rain we'll along towards
the turn of the season. As summer
fallow grows in Fuse deeper plowing will
be the order of the day. The hard pan
beneath the upper stratum Of soil. will
be broken up, and the loose soil will be
deep enough to prevent the evaporation
Of the moisture which has descended far
Into earth. All these improvements
will soon suggest the subdivision OF the
large ranches into small farms OF from
100 to 200 acres. On these smaller areas
cultivation can be carried on in very
thorough manner, and seeding can be
done at any time, according to the exl.
gencies of the season. When that good
time comes, all the people in the county
will SEQ what the more observing ones
now know, that Southern California is
the most certain for crops, of any region
in the world. All know that the
grain growers of tho East are in
mortal dread of the many vi
cissitudes of the seasons. There is
winter killed wheat and drownded out
wheat, wheat which has perished in
the long droughts, wheat the cinch bug
has destroy ed, and that which the
army worm has consumed; there is the
mildswed ear and that which summer
winds and rains knock down. Their
name is legion, when one comes to
count up the many foes that war against
the grain grower of the Western States
Three good crops out of five is satisfac.
tory there. Four out of five, or five
out of six would be lsss than satisfactory
to the farmers of Los Angeles.
When the above programme is in per-
feet operation. and all the plains are
segregated into farms Of l60 acres, each
home will have its own well of water
and windmill. Near the house will be
the rich orchard with its great aband.
ance and variety OF luscious fruits, and
by the orchard will flourish vegetable |
garden where green peas and strawber-
ries will mature in December ard jan |
uary as they do in May and June. The
well will furnish all the water that is
necessary and the windmill will lift the |
liquid to the surface. When
that day comes what land like ours will
be decked with homes, flower cmbowered
with the bloom of the rose and the per-
fume of the heliotrope, the violet and
the woodbine about it all days of the
year?